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Good luck. I have had similar but with my basement walls. Framers did 2 foot centers and no drywall backing. I can't ever catch two studs for a shelf and if you lean into a corner you pop the drywall. :( Keeping the early morning rolling, the afternoon hours snoring, the late night hours feeling the powers.
The back of those are screwed into studs, no nails for this.I would trust several hundred on each one easy.
Quote from: JR on October 25, 2015, 12:11:07 AMThe back of those are screwed into studs, no nails for this.I would trust several hundred on each one easy.When you say "screwed" you mean lag bolts?
Quote from: stlaser on October 25, 2015, 12:16:33 AMQuote from: JR on October 25, 2015, 12:11:07 AMThe back of those are screwed into studs, no nails for this.I would trust several hundred on each one easy.When you say "screwed" you mean lag bolts?Copy, when I think screws I naturally think drywall or deck screws......Heavy screws, 3x10. SDS or lags would work too. Never had one come loose.
Shawn, you mean like this? I slapped it together a few years ago. It was supposed to go all the way across. ...above the garage doors (3 car). The center 2x4s go up to outer roof joists, and I was going to do that for all of the hangers eventually (with actual bolts) but got lazy. Those are 1-1/2" screws......they've held my weight a few times. LolSent from my SM-G900V using Tapatalk
you mean you don't want to get yelled at while laying in the ER bed while your wife is inflicting torture on you in some way shape fashion or form for making her worry about you.................? ;D
Nice use of wasted room there Ken. I see those alot but also hate the center mounted door openers.I am sold on these garage openers by liftmaster. Everything is out of the way, dead bolt locks the door and your can get a battery backup.
I like that idea. I might take on the project of raising the door openings someday, and I'll switch to something better. Typical 'cutting corners' construction. I have a 10' tall garage with the standard 7' openings.
For as flimsy as they look, they do hold alot.Those jars remind me I need a BIG BIN drawer setup. Half my mess is little stuff.
I use those metal wall brackets a lot. They're pretty stout and long lasting
Edit, worth noting I placed a clamp on each side of this beam for the loft mount. I will tie them together for a single attachment point below the beam centered up. The reality is I doubt the steel beam is going anywhere but having it twist and fall over is always a concern when working with an I-beam so you want your load directly on top of it or below it.
Nice Job! When I first saw the picture of the style of clamp you used I thought "oh no, he is going to twist that beam". But I was relieved to see you already thought of that. Using those on only one side of the beam may work fine at first, but if enough weight is added it could be a disaster. I had never thought of using one on each side, but that should work great.
I would have just drilled through the beam. Coming off on both sides is better, but the weight needs to be off the set screws.
Quote from: JR on November 10, 2015, 02:16:30 AMI would have just drilled through the beam. Coming off on both sides is better, but the weight needs to be off the set screws.Contemplated drilling, however those beam clamps are rated at like 700#+ each so those sets screws ain't going anywhere. Never had the need for an inspection camera but yeah it would have been handy I will admit.
That rating is with them installed the other way. The squared off part of the clamp opening is supposed to on top of the beam. The screw is not supposed to support the weight, just hold it in place. We use several thousand of those things all over this platform at work. They work great and are easy to hang stuff just about anywhere. It may never fail the way you have it, but I would not leave it that way. You should be able to cut out the sheetrock under the beam where the clamps are. Then cut a notch in that 2x to make room for the part of the clamp with the screw in it under the bottom of the beam. Finish it back off with some mud and slap the unistrut back up there.
2nd loft space, side to side this area is approximately 13' wide. This loft will be 4' deep and not incorporate the beam above, thank heavens. I ordered 2 (roughly 2x12) LVL's to screw together and span this 13' space. All the material should arrive Monday from the lumber yard. So this should be straight forward and be able to park the JK up there when complete....
JK beneath...so, some legs out from the wall to the floor?